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1.1.1 SCOPE<br />

PART I - INTRODUCTION<br />

SECTION 1.1<br />

GENERAL<br />

1.1.1.1 The <strong>Standard</strong> shall cover fire protection and life safety<br />

requirements <strong>for</strong> underground, surface, and elevated <strong>Rapid</strong><br />

<strong>Transit</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g tra<strong>in</strong>ways, transit stations, and<br />

tra<strong>in</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>tenance depot, on-l<strong>in</strong>e electric substation and <strong>Rapid</strong><br />

<strong>Transit</strong> System facility build<strong>in</strong>gs. <strong>Transit</strong> stations shall<br />

perta<strong>in</strong> to stations accommodat<strong>in</strong>g only passengers and<br />

employees of the <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Transit</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> and <strong>in</strong>cidental<br />

occupancies <strong>in</strong> the stations.<br />

This <strong>Standard</strong> shall not cover requirements <strong>for</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

(a) Conventional freight or passengers railroad systems<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g those that provide commuter services.<br />

(b) Buses and trolley coaches.<br />

(c) Any other system of transportation not <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> the<br />

def<strong>in</strong>ition of <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Transit</strong> <strong>Systems</strong>.<br />

1.1.2 PURPOSE<br />

1.1.2.1 The purpose of this <strong>Standard</strong> is to establish m<strong>in</strong>imum<br />

requirements that will provide an acceptable degree of safety<br />

from fire and its related hazards.<br />

1.1.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRE SAFETY<br />

1.1.3.1 <strong>Fire</strong> safety on a <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Transit</strong> System shall be achieved<br />

through a composite of facility design, operat<strong>in</strong>g equipment<br />

and hardware, procedures, and software subsystems that are<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegrated to provide requirements <strong>for</strong> the protection of life<br />

and property from the effects of fire. The level of fire safety<br />

desired <strong>for</strong> the whole system shall be achieved by <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

the required levels <strong>for</strong> each subsystem.<br />

Scope<br />

Purpose<br />

Characteristics<br />

of fire safety<br />

<strong>Standard</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Transit</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> 1

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